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Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening
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Megabonk developer withdraws from 'Best Debut Indie Game' nomination at The Game Awards for a pretty good reason: 'It's not my debut game' Vedinad says they've previously released games under other studio names.
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says today's games suffer from trying 'to be everything for everyone' when they should be learning from '80s games: 'These games were really focused, because they had to be' Games are bigger than ever—but are they really better?
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Mod fixes 17-year-old lip-sync bug in Fallout 3 and New Vegas

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We owe Skyrim's beloved Stealth Archer to one of the designers of an all-time classic PC stealth game, who wrote Todd Howard 'a big document of stealth in 20 different games'

By Ted Litchfield published

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Victor from Deadlock stands poised edgily, hair over one eye, holding one wrist with the other hand.

A 'small update' just shook up Deadlock's basic mechanics and tweaked nearly every hero

By Justin Wagner published

News The trooper changes invite comparison to, of all games, Heroes of the Storm.

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A former Valve dev revealed how, while a VR version of Half-Life 2 was being made, a single metro cop's toe created a 'time-travelling' bug that softlocked all versions of the game

By Justin Wagner published

News The story of a toe, a door, and a very elusive bug.

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Cities: Skylines 2's bicycle update adds a lot more than just bikes, as Colossal Order prepares to hand over development to a new studio

By Rick Lane published

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5 months after launch, cooperative shooter FBC Firebreak finally has integrated voice chat, but its Vampire Survivors-style wave mode is delayed until next year

By Rick Lane published

News Rogue Protocol now coming in January 2026.

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This mech themed XCOM-like just got a gargantuan update that overhauls its campaign, redesigns its overworld, and adds personalities to pilots with 'over 100' unique traits

By Rick Lane published

News Phantom Brigade 2.0 is out now.

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Doom: The Dark Ages' latest update overhauls its customisable arena mode, and id Software wants to add the best player-made slaughter-fests as selectable presets

By Rick Lane published

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Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player

By Wes Fenlon published

News Video playback on old computers was a whole lot of smoke and mirrors.

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I tested that spot in Arc Raiders that supposedly guarantees rare rusted parts, and my results were mixed

By Morgan Park published

NEWS A good place to find rusted gears and tools, but hardly a guarantee.

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